Stencil-printing device.



J. S. DUNCAN. STENCILPRINNNG DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5. I915 Patented; my 24, 191?.

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ltd.,

Application filed tarch istmo. serial lbl'o. 12,276.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that i, Josemi DUNCAN? o c'rtizcn oiithe 1@inte States, residing; et

t'lhicovo in the count ol' llllinois, have invented certain nevT State oii :and use Coeli'. and

lnl 'improvements in Stencitljrintinp; Devices, oE which the following is ,i specificetion.

This invention ieletes to stencil printing devices ofthe liind adapted "lfor use in ed dressing machines and the like.

Heretoiore stencil heen made with n,

printing devices have single opening in 'the iframe covered with stencil peper and of o.

21e suiicicnt to accommodate thing more than an address.

considered practical to little iii :inyl't has not been melee the device large enough to accommodate, in addition to the address, the mamy dierent items oi in formation which 'the trades des-1re to print or provide for printing alone;

dress, because oi the che.

terinls employed with the edrzicter oi' the insin melding the stencil.

For example, en insurance company desires to print information relating; to the policy along' with the policy holder-s address and e toi; collector desires to print the les;l

property along with the it is not practicable to scrption ot the owners address.

embody such information .with en eddress upon stencil peper over e single opening in :1 freine, especially when the information or the address is lengthyv he too greet :in eres of stencil peper with. a single opening' .find

vlarge o freine :unse it requires and too such :L device would not he suhstnntiel end would not stond the usage to which address stencils are subjected.

The object oi this invention is to combine an address stencil and :in i

nformetion stencil in e single freine of substantial construction :and adapted to he stored 1n accordance W1th n card index system end used 1n addressing machines.

ln the accompanying drawings Figure l is e front stencil;

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The device comprises e lio-ving two oblong" and 7 located one shove rated hy the partition may Abe located in any po elevation of the 2 is e hack view; and 3 is a sectional view on line one-piece freine 5 impression openings 6 the other undsepenihis partition sition between the v:and the two 'large openings therein.

top 9 end bottoni i0 ot thetrenie hut pref oruhiy midway and the openings and 'l' are F Y, .'v prei lily ci about toe seine Width und he varied toV suit lengJh? although. they may ditl'erent conditions,

e, lll ci stencil paper is sl'ilxed to one side oi the freine preferably hy pasting it securely to the entire surface oli' the frame' In edges 'ilnsh with the top, 'bottom end side edges of the tranne. lt is not necessary that the edges of the paper shell extend entirely to the edges of Vthe treme, although it is netter thet they should extend close to the edges of the ironie as convenient to ohtei-iol, notwithstanding the size of the partition supports the peper and h tout While :it the same time it consti stiftener for the frame.

ndex tabs of any suitable character be used with the device and for this reason prefer to provide cach frame `with the inf y tegrrel opstanding corners 12 to protect tl.: tehs when the device is passing through the addressing machine. While the stencil peper may he posted over. the tabs also this is not necessary and it will be found more economical not to do so.

The address may he provided ontlie eten* cil paper'over the upper opening 6, or the lower opening`7, and the information likewise. Sometimes it may he desirable to pre vide more space "for the address then for the information, or vice verse, end in that event one opening may he mede Wider than the other. lt will be readily understood that a, single device made in accor-dence 'with my invention may carry :t greet deal of useful information in addition to en address o several lines, thereby increasing the uses for which address stencils may he employed. This arrangement of the address in an open ingr, and the information in s seperate opening of the single :trarne is importent :is 1t mites ice lll@

V Fnrzxelmolc, the front f n smglc plane and bcccucc H lThe construction of dcvcc conprilng n ondplccc imm@ with shea? 'may bc subjected; Asihc devices n .tcndcd tube cd one by, one from c .stack in 'the addcssiing machine, und nsnnfy from the' bottom o the stack, Step 'by step to printing position and than to bc discharged into a C11-@Womit is most essential tha; hcy Shall not'J cusly bend of Warp or Wcnl. n my device the iframe carries rtbc stencil and holds it taut and the stencil strengthens *the frame. This Strenghcning cf che fra-mc is importa-nt because of the size and skeleton character of the frame and it is ccicntly und ccononcicallyV accomplished by tho snge shcct` of stencil pcpc' pagcd thccon. une device lies in c stencil paper mack ci' thc decovcrs practically thc cn vice it may be said that 'the back ci? thc dcvica: lics chnoi Whoy in Single plane? fthcucby provldmg a, dcfvicc which 1s dan y 'scnc pz'intng dcvcc comprisnn cnc-place- :Erasne of paper stock hzwlngj tu oblong" nlplcsson openings disposed om nbovc che cbcr dndr minted by amnivcly marrow strip integral with said frame, and a shccfc of stencil paper adhcsivcy se cured inc subsznnizdly hc cntirc back scid frame .and covering said. opcnincf-. Whrcby' Scpzucte stencil printing sections; zu'c provided and sad frame is stifoncd.

f2. L stencil printing; device comprising n one-piece frame of pcpc' Stock having two oblong impression openings disposed om; above, thc ciber :1nd separated by a tive-1y narrow strip integral with smic c fmmc, :L sheet of stencil papcy ndheswy secured tosubstantnly'the cnti13-buck i Sad' fra-mc and covcrnlg snld opcnln 1 whcrcbyrscparatc stcncll pllnmg scctlons are provided and scid frame is stncncd3k and projcctng tubs projecting from the *dn-- per edge of said frame at both ends thcrccg JSEPH S. DUNCAN Wcncssc's l f WAL Bnmg M: Kwong. 

